Jarell Sylvester, the suspect wanted in a a hold-up at a Terrytown McDonald's restaurant earlier in the week, surrendered to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Friday (Oct. 18), according to authorities. Sylvester, 29, was booked with armed robbery, said Glen T. Boyd, spokesman for the department.

Detectives said a man armed with a pistol entered the restaurant, located in the 700 block of Terry Parkway, just before 3 a.m. He demanded money from two employees and fled with an unknown amount of money.

Sylvester has a 2003 conviction for possession of marijuana. He was booked Friday at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna. No bond information was available.